Political Theory


Such Good News from Pakistan

I chatted by gmail chat on Monday with Dr. Khalil Ahmad of the Alternate Solutions Institute in Lahore to ask for his evaluation of recent events and to offer my…

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Now Available for Pre-Ordering…..

Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, by yours truly…at a whopping 34% discount off of the cover price. The official release date is June 23. (Note: the Amazon description…

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Double Standards?

CNN reports on the claim of victory for Hugo Chavez, as he claims “a clear victory for the people” as he “democratically” assumes perpetual and absolute personal power. CNN notes…

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Freiheit Wohl Verstanden

See below for German version (and English, French, and Portuguese).

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Freedom Rightly Understood..Freiheit Wohl Verstanden

I received the printed version the other day of the German edition of my essay “Freedom Rightly Understood,” the address I gave before the 60th meeting of the Liberal International…

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Whew.

I just sent off my contribution (“Libertarianism”) to the Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought. Now back to work! (I’ll be on the road in the US this week and am…

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Liberty as the Remedy to Poverty: Socialism as a Cause

My talk before the Oxford Libertarian Society on “Liberty as the Remedy to Poverty: Socialism as a Cause” is available in video form. (Unfortunately, my writing on the flip chart…

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An Intimate Assault on Freedom of Association

Jacob Sullum on “eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles” From the article in the Boston Herald: “Until (Wednesday’s) settlement, eHarmony was more like eNeanderthal for its…

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